Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

A li­cence may be is­sued if the fol­low­ing con­di­tions are met:

a.

the pro­tec­tion of hu­mans and the en­vir­on­ment is as­sured, and nuc­le­ar safety and se­cur­ity are guar­an­teed;

b.

there are no con­flict­ing reas­ons as­so­ci­ated with non-pro­lif­er­a­tion of nuc­le­ar arms, in par­tic­u­lar in­ter­na­tion­al con­trol meas­ures that are not bind­ing un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law but are sup­por­ted by Switzer­land;

c.

no sanc­tions have been im­posed un­der the Em­bargo Act of 22 March 2002⁴;

d.

the re­quired in­sur­ance cov­er ex­ists in ac­cord­ance with the Nuc­le­ar En­ergy Li­ab­il­ity Act of 18 March 1983⁵;

e.

there are no con­flict­ing com­mit­ments un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law, and Switzer­land’s ex­tern­al se­cur­ity is not af­fected;

f.

the per­sons re­spons­ible for the in­stall­a­tion con­cerned pos­sess the ne­ces­sary ex­pert­ise.